Category: Christmas

Stampin’ Up! Half Full Christmas card

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

Following on from my last post, here’s the Christmas card I made at the same time. This card also uses the Half Full stamp set, but with a Christmas twist – love it!

I used watercolour paper and ink pads as palettes as before. This time I added some of the Quilted Christmas 6″ x 6″ DSP to give the card a festive feel.

Here’s the inside:

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

I’m going to a Christmas craft fair at the beginning of December – the AIKB one in Gouarec for anybody who is in the vicinity. I’m going to make some of these cards for the fair because I think they may be popular.

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

I’m part of the Pootles design team for November so I’ll be back soon with the first of 5 projects – posted on each Thursday during November.

 

 
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Stampin’ Up! Carols of Christmas shaker card

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas shaker card

So, I CASE’d the catalogue to make this card – I changed a couple of things, but it’s basically the same. I made this card mainly because I was having a Christmas session at my house, and my Christmas and glitter mad friend Dawn was coming. I’ve mentioned Dawn before – she loves all things Christmas and glitter, and is already watching seasonal films on TV! You can find her blog here – http://allthingsprettycraftee.blogspot.fr/

To make this card I used the Carols of Christmas bundle, and added some heat embossing on the sentiment.

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas shaker card

I also used a strip of Washi tape from the Year of Cheer speciality Washi stack to add just a little extra dimension to one side of the card.

I didn’t use a window sheet for the shaker part – instead I used a small bag, because I wanted the glitter to stay put!

I also added some glitter card behind the stars and moon on the top. And I popped the whole panel up on some foam pads.

 

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas shaker card

 

Hope you like it!

 
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Stampin’ Up! Carols of Christmas tags

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas tags

I haven’t seen many tags made with the Carols of Christmas bundle so I thought I’d make some. I’ve used the Merry Music speciality DSP for the background.

To make these tags I used Whisper White card stock cut to 2″ x 4″ then adhered some of the DSP (cut to the same size) to it.

Then I used the Scalloped Tag Topper punch to make tags and rounded the corners using the envelope punch board.

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas tags

As you can see I just used black and white card for the trees and copper and  silver for the deer. The ribbon is not Stampin’ Up! but goes well with the black and white I think.

I have another Carols of Christmas card to show you in the next post, with lots of glitter!

Don’t forget that the but 3 packs of DSP get one free offer is only open until the end of October, so if you want some don’t leave it too long and miss out.

 
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Stampin’ Up! Santa Paws card

Stampin' Up! Santa Paws

Well, who could resist this stamp set? Not me obviously! A pile of cats and dogs in a Christmas tree shape, what could be better.

I decided the large dog at the bottom was a dog, and not a reindeer as I had originally thought – don’t you love his trousers?

The background to this card is a sheet from the Quilted Christmas DSP, and I stamped the animal tree onto watercolour paper so I could use the ink pads to watercolour the animals.

Stampin' Up! Santa Paws

I tried not to use too many colours so that it would not look too busy – there are already a lot of animals after all.

The sentiment is popped up over some gold card.

A great card for animal lovers I think.

Stampin' Up! Santa Paws

 

Back soon! Here’s what I used to make the card:
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Stampin’ Up! Christmas Quilt cards

Stampin' Up! Christmas Quilt

This is the first of no doubt many using some new products from the new Autumn/Winter catalogue

This is the Christmas Quilt bundle. Now, I am not a quilter but I loved this suite as soon as I saw it. One of the reasons for that is that although you can see I’ve made Christmas cards this time, you could use the bundle all year round – I’ve already made some non-seasonal cards with it.

Stampin' Up! Christmas Quilt

The Framelits dies cut out the pinwheel and you can fit in different colour/design pieces. I’ve also used the Quilt Top embossing folder, which you can see above, which is also not just for Christmas!

What made piecing this altogether an easy process was using some of the new Mulitpurpose adhesive sheets – they have adhesive on both sides and are so useful.

Stampin' Up! Christmas Quilt

I made these cards for a swap, hope the recipients like them!

To see more uses of this versatile bundle watch this Stampin’ Up! video

This is what I used to make the cards. Please contact me if you have any questions about them. Clicking on the products below will take you to that item in my shop should you wish to order.

 
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Stampin’ Up! Carols of Christmas

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas

So, the Seasonal Catalogue is now live – hurrah!

I know you could already buy this bundle in August, but I think it deserves another outing because it is so diverse. I have seen lots and lots of different cards made with it, each different, and each beautiful.

 

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas

This is what I’ve made with my bundle. I have plans for more designs so watch this space!

In the example above I’ve also used the beautiful Softly Falling embossing folder, and a stitched oval framelit as well as heat embossing the sentiment.

Stampin' Up! Carols of Christmas

This card uses the frame, which you could easily use on non-seasonal cards. I’ve used Old Olive cardstock and ink here but it doesn’t show up as well on the photos as it does in real life.

Here’s the video Stampin’ Up! made to go with the bundle:

So – if you’d like a Seasonal Catalogue and you don’t already have a demonstrator I can send you one. You need to live in France, the UK, The Netherlands, Germany or Austria – I can’t send one outside Europe, sorry!

I’m off the Cornwall for a couple of weeks, I’ll still be posting with new catalogue goodies, as well as some from the Annual catalogue.

 
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Carols of Christmas from Stampin’ Up!

It’s August so it must be Christmas, yippee! Stampin’ Up! have released a bundle – stamp set and dies -from their new Seasonal Catalogue early. You can buy it throughout August, before the Seasonal Catalogue goes live on September 1st.

Here it is:

 I’ve had a little play, and there are lots of different combinations. This card uses the tree dies and one of the large seentiments.

 

 

Here are some more samples:

Click on the images in the table below if you’d like to buy – the bundle is available at a 10% discount – (€54/£40.50 for clearmount), or you can buy the stamp set and die set separately.

Here’s the video that Stampin’ Up! have made showcasing the bundle;

Now then, if you like this, and would like to get your hands on more seasonal stuff before September 1st there is a way. If you become a demonstrator in the month of August you’ll be able to order from the new catalogue – contact me for more details if you live the UK, France, the Netherlands, Germany or Austria.

More soon!

 
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